posted November 27, 2015 #

The less I know the better - @tameimpala Dircted by CANADA https://t.co/46LlDhcVkx https://t.co/c5cplUvRjN

posted November 26, 2015 #

"If It Happened There ? America?s Annual Festival Pilgrimage Begins" https://t.co/GuidLjkCJI #ifttt, twitter

/r/johnyjohnyyespapa

posted November 26, 2015 #

the Internet is weird

posted November 26, 2015 #

Happy Thanksgiving! I fucking love NY! https://t.co/aqSfvjo1PU

posted November 26, 2015 #

Cross-browser styling of <select> boxes is *the* worst. I made a Sass mixin to ease the pain: https://t.co/ZenXdXWxjn

posted November 25, 2015 #

"I was into Semisonic WAY before 'Closing Time'." -@yewknee

posted November 25, 2015 #

@yewknee I have never wanted to go to Nashville more

posted November 25, 2015 #

Pro Tip: When I unsubscribe from your emails, don?t send me another email about it. Total silence is the only confirmation I need.

posted November 25, 2015 #

Well what DOES impress you, SHANIA?

posted November 25, 2015 #

Here's a good travel song for those hitting the road today. https://t.co/0gXFmAypKV

posted November 25, 2015 #

"Analyzing 1.1 Billion NYC Taxi and Uber Trips, with a Vengeance" https://t.co/RH5xyLdJvm #reads

posted November 25, 2015 #

New Wave Music (DEVO, Talking Heads etc) Gets Introduced to America by ABC show 20/20. 1979 https://t.co/x1VAmQXavJ https://t.co/taAr8Sud2j

posted November 25, 2015 #

Lovin' on David Tennant & @EoinDuffy's explaination of Einstein's Theory o' Relativity. Spacetime looking so cute! https://t.co/2Z4J822rxw

Ragamuffin Day

posted November 25, 2015 #

This is all new to me so, please, bear with me if you're already familiar with the history of Thanksgiving and Ragamuffin Day.

Shortly after Lincoln declared a fixed date for Thanksgiving, New York City instituted its annual parade. Along with that, loads of residents, immigrants and the working-class came out to celebrate and mock the "stuffed shirts" putting on the fanfare. Kids picked up on the fun, started wearing masks and dressing like hobos - going door to door ask for treats. In the early 1900's, it was equally known as Ragamuffin Day.

Over the decades, the middle class stopped dressing up but the practice continued from the well-to-do youth dressing as the impoverished, continuing to ring doorbells. Folks got so annoyed that they'd heat up pennies in their oven and throw them into the streets, hoping to burn the fingers of the greedy passerbys.

The Great Depression put a stop to all that and Thanksgiving became more of what we know it to be now. This all actually happened! There is lots and lots and lots of coverage of all this if you're curious to learn more.. which I suggest you do.

Vermin Supreme 2016

posted November 25, 2015 #

If you're not familiar, Vermin Supreme is a performance artist who wears a giant boot on his head, maintains a wizard beard and often carries a large toothbrush. He's known for running for political office - including US President - multiple times. Now he is at it again and filed to officially participate in the 2016 elections.

Part of me finds political mockeries like this exhausting and wasteful but, Vermin has previously talked about his willingness to kill Baby Hitler if the opportunity arose and now that's an actual political discussion. So, if this guy is shining a light on the frequent absurdity of the system, I welcome his boot hat to the table.

Battlefront Toddyhancer

posted November 25, 2015 #

I haven't played a first person shooter game regularly since Doom 2 was top of the line. I also know next to nothing about "mods" beyond their conceptual existence. So, with that in mind, a lot of strides in gaming don't always impact me as they do the rest of the community.

However, Matt Bergman's Toddyhancer MOD manages to push the look of modern gaming right up to the line of believably realistic. Seeing it applied to Grand Theft Auto V is impressive but these Battlefront with Toddyhancer images are damn near indiscernible from live action.

Motion will be a huge factor if this holds up in the Realism department but the days of Creepy Tom Hanks animation are over.

via Chris

posted November 24, 2015 #

I just want Trump to show up in a mech suit and go full super-villain.

posted November 24, 2015 #

Is it the 60's again?

Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)

posted November 24, 2015 #

White Denim covers the Kenny Rogers song, "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)", for "Fargo" (TV show on FX) which aired on November 23, 2015.

Jon Benjamin - Jazz Daredevil

posted November 24, 2015 #

he doesn't know jazz